LAPIS LAZULI


Meaning of LAPIS LAZULI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌlap-əs-ˈla-zə-lē, -ˈla-zhə- ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin lapis + Medieval Latin lazuli, genitive of lazulum lapis lazuli, from Arabic lāzaward — more at azure

Date: 15th century

: a semiprecious stone that is usually rich azure blue and is essentially a complex silicate often with spangles of pyrites — called also lapis

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